java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class javax.crypto.JceSecurityManager

Question

java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class javax.crypto.JceSecurityManager
    javax.crypto.Cipher.getConfiguredPermission(Cipher.java:2543)
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Answer 1

This happened to me when I was trying to connect to a DB with IntelliJ 14.

I had played around with my jre\lib\security\local_policy.jar and jre\lib\security\US_export_policy.jar files

I fixed this by:

1. Installing a new JDK
2. Pointing IntelliJ to use this new JDK
3. Setting JAVA_HOME to this new JDK
4. Restart IntelliJ